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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... to the implications of fiscal choices for the recovery in the near term." The Fed needs fiscal support because "Monetary policy can be a powerful tool, but it is not a panacea. It is "not a game changer." In simple terms, worry about getting growth going ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... 500 index is "highly likely it goes to 600 or below" and that, "Even if you do everything right with fiscal and monetary policy, we're still going to be in a recession through the end of this year and into next year." He announced this to the world during ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... performance by global equity markets helping the currency shrug off some weakness after the Reserve Bank's dovish monetary policy statement. LOCAL NEWS SYDNEY - The Australian dollar is more than one US cent higher on Friday, after major central banks ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... unprecedented monetary accommodation, direct support for the financial sector and a dose of fiscal stimulus. Now monetary policy is more constrained, banking problems will again have to be addressed, and the crisis has left behind a legacy of public ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... best way forward. The committee has been deeply split between those who believe the Fed should further loosen monetary policy and those who fear such steps would raise the risk of inflation. The latest Federal Open Market Committee minutes suggested ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... plays a crucial role in the nation's economic stability, playing a key macro-economic role alongside fiscal and monetary policy. "In rocky international seas, super is an anchor," said Gillard, adding that she believes super is Australia's trillion dollar ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Mr Waterer said. In the heavily-anticipated speech, Dr Bernanke offered no hints the central bank would adjust monetary policy to give the near-stagnant US economy a shot of adrenalin. However, markets were encouraged by the fact the Fed would now meet ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... immediately, which reminds us why Australia is known around the planet as one of the most reactive economies to monetary policy changes. Returning to problems state-side, distressed house sales make up an estimated 30% of all residential real estate ...

Pensioner inflation hits 4.5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... climbing savings rates and nervousness due to volatile global share markets pushes the case for a relaxation in monetary policy settings.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... and there was a four per cent fall overnight." The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release its Statement on Monetary Policy on Friday morning. It comes after the RBA kept the cash rate steady at 4.75 per cent at its board meeting on Tuesday. Although ...